Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.govCongressman Frank Lucas, R-OK, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research, chaired a hearing today to review the methyl bromide (MeBr) Critical Use Exemption (CUE) process under the Montreal Protocol. The Subcommittee heard testimony… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Chairman Bob Goodlatte released the following statement regarding the revised CBO estimates of the Administration’s budget: “I am alarmed by the revised CBO estimates of the Administration’s budget released recently. These estimates call for cuts of $9.1… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Members of the House Committee on Agriculture met today with Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Ambassador Stuart Harbinson, Chief of Staff to the Director General of the WTO to discuss the ongoing… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Congressman Jerry Moran, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, today chaired the second hearing in a series of two hearings to examine the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Statement by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Congressman Robin Hayes (R-NC) regarding the passage of S.J. Res. 4 by the U.S. Senate today: “We are disappointed that the Senate acted so hastily in disapproving the USDA’s science based minimal-risk rule that would… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Statement by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Congressman Robin Hayes (R-NC) regarding the passage of S.J. Res. 4 by the U.S. Senate today: “We are disappointed that the Senate acted so hastily in disapproving the USDA’s science based minimal-risk rule that would… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing to review the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rule providing for Canadian beef and cattle imports. After the Canadians discovered a Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) positive cow in Canada in May 2003, the… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Today the House Committee on Agriculture held its first full Committee organizational meeting of the 109th Congress. The Committee approved Subcommittee assignments, the Committee Rules and Committee Oversight Plan, and the Budget Views and Estimates Letter offering budget… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Bob Goodlatte today spoke out against the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) budget proposal that would transfer $300 million of the agency’s $1.2 billion food aid funding for 2006. The transferred funds would be used to purchase foreign food in… Read more »

Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564 Liz.Friedlander@mail.house.govJames Ryder (202) 225-0020James.Ryder@mail.house.gov Chairman Bob Goodlatte co-sponsored a bill to reauthorize PL 106-393, The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 2000, introduced Wednesday evening. In 2000, Congress passed the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act that focused on… Read more »